Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-09
WOMAN AND HOME.
The GROWING SCARCITY OF YOUNG
WOMEN FOR HoUsEWoRk.

Good Hssith aud Physical auis--lads
Dis,.cs--Piain Talk fur Husband,-"No-
abs hrk" 0uilt-A Fat wonan's COM
plaint--Hint, for the Household.
An elderly wide, VINO had advertised ia
vain for several months, said:
The great evil IN Aiperica, ~ | have
learned II from may housewives from many
cities, is the growing scarcity Of females for
houseworiS Tha factories, mills, sewing
rooms, Offices OF all kinds, shops. ct,, are a.
tracting young women. who ,on,i,hnr house
work disgrace Very many young women
would rather toll from morning until night
for 81 u week aal pay for their o"n boari
than DO hp'i,egJrh, VIII II would yield them
tvice as much mOney Therc il entirely too
much false pride among tia young women OF
ths country TheY imag ine doing hOllsewots
is disgrace. They forget the hnneSt toll OF
Gheir mp,hsr,, In many instances mothers
aro to blame, of course. They don't want to
SEA tho delicate hands Of their daughters
soiiAl They don't want them to be ir,idges
in any family for fear their chance, for suit
abs marriage, will IT, lt.SseDei All that Is
false and pcruioio'ls teaching. The ability to
10 housowpct Is it should be d)ne should bo
the aim AMI object If every young womaI
rich or poor But ns long as this fals. i1ns,
nf ths humiliation Of doing hoa5ewori exists,
80 long will young women rather work AMI
,,aryc at doing som ,thing else With tie
present C;lstOEl Of abstaining from house
work, thu Hearth of suitable help in the
household h1' become IN alarming annoy
ance. W. lind il almost impossible to get
any we'll tra.nai help Familir, are giving
Thor ar tn many 'lviies' with beautiful
Ian
49, : waut t. -. taught The dignity Of
labor They want 10 Ia informed that hon
rst y1unI mechanics want wives who can
keep hpuy Tdry want to know that sewing
girl, are nD5 wanted for Housewives ami tho
entire Community must kno", ,oonrr or
later, that the great underlying t7l)l,s for -
,uVch uahappiraS' III the home circle, not to
say poverty, distress and absolute crime, IS
The fact that Joung women who marry know
nothing Of housekeeping Their mothc,@ arr
deserving ., the iar>t sev rye c,.n>urr for this
They com. with Ia IL daughters to drroi}e
prospective husbands, aHl wh.u tha VouMx
women he'1G.s wiya, thry disapl,Gnt their
husbands hDinr becomes Il Iup.!serN- thu in
G)m3 VI The tiV,Aaaii fritl.rrl away nothing
,5sa. i and chaD, com IS intJthlt home circle
have no pity ior young women who s,arye
AZ iltty c'ot, I day AMI ,yho must boar
themselves. Z thry would SHAKE of th-;s
also DriIa titinl, l..4, 81 thu .inc trKtul>. %
'hair hands, leave the mill ami factory, drOp
the needle and yacate the garnet, and take
~ respectable housework, they would BE- IN.
better off Slrh young women can solve this
whole problem themselves
Tho supply Of hou>,wori: gillo IS drained,
and tha supply Of needle girls It'll bcliitifui
hands il Hooded. Both must be adjusted,
and poverty among women will disappear,
bat false pr ID must ;Hal TIE. way The bss1
women IN tn land 10 hDusn,g)rk II ,o!n.
kind a:l no honest girl 1a-l ba ashamed Of
that l)rt If employment. Dn tn. ,-lntrary,
she should bn proud u i, b-'au,r very
san5ibl, man viii thnk the mora u 4 youn.
vonnan II H., J., told that she i doing hou,,-
york f)r living anl thus icing correctly
,choo!ei for thu practical responsibilities III
married. lifH Then, if She j, wcll married
and i YES not ned to DO hpu,2Nogk, She Will
know how it 2ught 10 bo dona AMI her help
cannot 1 ss1l,3 her Sh. will b.. in,t.penlent
AMI thoroughly capable 10 oar, Tor her.eif
Therefore, 10 sum up. wOulI advise sewing
women 70 drop the n--adl, AMI TAX. up house
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